diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e0f065..46dadc0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 sorrel/**
 deploy-dir/**
 tool/**
-static/**
+static/**/**.html
 publish-test/**
 todo.txt
diff --git a/.woodpecker/deploy.sh b/.woodpecker/deploy.sh
index cc4f567..f30bb62 100755
--- a/.woodpecker/deploy.sh
+++ b/.woodpecker/deploy.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ mv dist oxaliq/.
 mv source oxaliq/.
 mv static oxaliq/.
 
+# add html cache directories
+echo "ADDING HTML CACHE DIRECTORIES"
+mkdir fragment
+mkdir fragment/settled
+mkdir fragment/unsettled
+mv fragment oxaliq/static/.
+mkdir page
+mkdir page/settled
+mkdir page/unsettled
+mv page oxaliq/static/.
+
 # put them on the deployment target
 echo "COPYING FILES TO DEPLOYMENT TARGET"
 scp -r oxaliq "$host":~/